March 28, 2016

Cannabis Regulation for Vermont: TEN Good Reasons

2VR has been working on Vermont cannabis regulation for more than a year, in conversation with a wide variety of Vermont stake holding groups. Summarizing one […]
March 28, 2016

Psyching Out Climate Change: “Grounding Hope” for Vermont’s Future

Almost all of what we hear in the news today, in relation to the environment, tends to be on the topic of the anthropogenic degradation of […]
April 1, 2016

Sweet! Vermont Maple Fest 2016

Happening this week-end in sugar houses all over the Green Mountains. Come get some of the good stuff. Click here for a complete schedule.
April 2, 2016

Breaking News! Vermont Secedes from the U.S. Empire

In surprise move, Vermont quietly and peacefully seceded from the U.S. of Empire overnight, declaring Bernie Sanders our newly-elected interim president until a qualified WOMAN is […]
April 4, 2016

What The Frack, Vermont? Rising Tide VT Continues Stalwart Pipeline Opposition

BURLINGTON – Anna Rose of Rising Tide VT is perched on a table next to an LCD projector in the meeting space of the Vermont Workers’ […]
April 6, 2016

Dam It, Vermont! Should We Buy TransCanada’s 13 Hydro Dams?

Gov. Peter Shumlin speaks, flanked by (l-r) House Speaker Shap Smith, Senate President Pro Tem John Campbell and Secretary of Administration Justin Johnson. Gov. Peter Shumlin […]
April 7, 2016

Pentagon Pork Pushback: Vermont’s Winooski City Council Continues F-35 Legal Fight

An early version of the F-35 takes off from Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo: COURTESY)  WINOOSKI – The Winooski City Council unanimously approved spending $5,000 more on a lawsuit the city […]
April 12, 2016

ReSOURCE Burlington: An #Unlearning Business in the Heart of Vermont’s Queen City

Burlington, Vermont undoubtedly hosts a variety of businesses, many of which encourage rapid and thoughtless consumption. But hidden among name brand retailers and developed shopping centers […]
April 13, 2016

“Shwag Bag Of Doom” – Welcome to “Cluster Fuck Nation.”

Publisher’s note: We’ve channeled JH Kunstler since our first issue of Vermont Commons back in 2005. “The problems facing the U.S. of Empire,” he notes here, […]
April 13, 2016

Happy Birthday to our Favorite American Secessionist!